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“I would have fantasies of running away to the city where gay people lived.”
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“You’ve got to give me some wisdom on how to survive without you.”
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"We don’t always agree 100 percent with each other, but we don’t just write each other off."
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“He could take something mundane like that and see the magic in it.”
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“I will tell anyone in this world, Santa Claus is absolutely real.”
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“People said, ‘We make Christmas,’ and I didn't understand what that was.”
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“You’ve got to give me some wisdom on how to survive without you.”
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"We don’t always agree 100 percent with each other, but we don’t just write each other off."
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One Small Step

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Brightness in Black

Sharing joyous and bold Black stories, and countering harmful narratives.